intelligence , language, thinking, cognition :) Flashcards

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thinking=mental representation of a problem or situation

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cognition

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unconscious, effortless, automatic

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experimental processing

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engaging and deliberately concentrate

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reflective processing

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pictures
-used to think, remember, and solve problems
-make blank to solve problems
-change feelings
-improve a skill or prepare for some action
-aid memory

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mental images

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“spiced chicken tastes pointy” “pain is the color orange”

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synthesia

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when you form a mental image, the system works in reverse
-brain areas, in which memories are stored and send signals back to the visual cortex, where once again an image is created

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reverse image

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images created from muscular sensations
-important in movement oriented skills, such as music, sports, dance, skateboarding, and martial arts

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kinesthetic imagery

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help us identify important features in the world

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concepts

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processing or classifying information into meaningful categories

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forming concepts

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presence of two or more features

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conjunctive concepts

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how features are to one another

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relational concepts

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at least one possible feature

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disjunctive concepts

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emotional and personal meaning of words

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connotative meaning

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words or concepts in their exact definition

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denotative meaning

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basic speech sounds

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phonemes

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word parts

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morphemes

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set of rules of making sounds and words into sentences

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grammer

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rules for word order

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syntax

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asl
-true, real language

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gestural language

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trial and error or by rote

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mechanical solutions

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requirements for success but not in enough detail to guide further action

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general solution

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workable solutions

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functional solutions

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“rule of thumb”

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heuristics

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tendency to get “hung up” on wrong solutions or to become blind to alternatives

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fixation

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inability to see new uses for familiar objects
functional fixedness
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inhibition and fears of making a fool of oneself, fear of making a mistake, inability to tolerate ambiguity, excessive self-criticism
emotional barriers
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values that hold fantasy is a waste of time
cultural barriers
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conventions about uses (functional fixedness) meanings, possibilities, taboos
learned barriers
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habits leading to a failure to identify important elements of a problem
perceptual barriers
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fast, fairly, effortless thinking based on experience with similar problems
automatic processing
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going from specific facts or observations to general principals
inductive thinking
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going from general principals to specific situations
deductive thinking
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proceeding from given information to new conclusions on the basis of explicit rules
logical thinking
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intuitive, associative, or personal
illogical thinking
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total number of suggestions that you are able to make
fluency thinking
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number of times that you shift from one class of possible uses to another
flexibility thinking
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thinking toward one answer
convergent thinking
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thinking towards many ideas
divergent thinking
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orientation-person defines that problem and identifies its most important dimensions
stage one of creative thought
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preparation-prepare information about the problem
stage two of creative thought
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incubation- "cooking"
stage three of creative thought
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illumination- "aha!" moment
stage four of creative thought
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verification- test the solution
stage five creative thought
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quick, impulsive thought that does not use formal logic or clear reasoning
intuition
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tendency to choose wrong answer because they match preexisiting mental categories
representativeness heurstic
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basic rate that the event occurs overtime; probability
base rate
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how you word the question
framing
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a predisposition to perceive or respond in a particular way
mental set
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overall capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to adapt to one's surroundings
intelligence
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small mental abilities
g-factor
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capacity for learning -people with mechanical, artistic, musical aptitudes are likely to do well in careers involving mechanics, art, or music, respectively
aptitudes
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predict weather you will succeed in a single area
special aptitude test
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measure two or more types of ability
multiple aptitude test
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access to wide variety of mental abilities
general intelligence test
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any measurement of a person's mental functions (is it reliable? is it valid?"
psychometric test
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how do you know if a test is reliable?
must give approximately the same score each time a person takes it
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how do you know a test is valid?
a test should measure what it claims to measure
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get the same score when corrected by different people
objective test
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1. fluid reasoning- "how are an apple and a plum different from a beet?" 2. knowledge-"why is yeast added to bread dough" 3.quantitative reasoning: " if i have six marbles and you give me another one, how many do i have?" 4. visual-spatial processing: "suppose that you are going east, then turn right, turn right again, then turn left. what direction are you facing now?" 5. working memory: "correctly remember the number beads on a stick"
standard-binet factors
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average intellectual performance
mental age
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convert a person's relative standing in the group to an iq score, that is, they tell how far above or below average the person's score falls
deviations iqs
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solving a novel problems involving perceptual speed or rapid insight -slowly decline after middle age
fluid intelligence
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solving problems using already acquired knowledge -decline very little
crystallized intelligence
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-begins at 70 IQ or below
intellectual disability
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affect energy produce and use in the body
metabolic disorders
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-causes moderate to severe intellectual disability and shortened life expectancy of around 49 years
down syndrome
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-only mildly intellectually disabled during early childhood, but often severely or profoundly intellectually disabled as adults
fragile x syndrome
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-if goes untreated, can cause severe intellectual disabilities
pku
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skull is extremely small (fails to grow), causes severe intellectual disability
microephaly
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-"water on the brain" - children affected usually score average on mental tests, severe intellectual disability usually can be prevented
hydrocephaly
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causes stunted physical and intellectual growth that cannot be reversed
cretinsim
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is intelligence hereditary?
no
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a program that provides stimulating intellectual experiences, typically for disadvantaged preschoolers
early childhood education programs
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speed and efficiency of the nervous system
neural intelligence
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specialized knowledge and skills acquired over time
experiential intelligence
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an ability to become aware of one's own thinking habits
reflective intelligence
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writer, lawyer, comedian
language (linguistic abilities) intelligence
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scientist, accountant, programmer
logic and math (numeric abilities) intelligence
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engineer, inventor, artist
visual and spatial (pictorial abilities) intelligence
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composer, musician, music critic
music (musical abilities) intelligence
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dancer, athlete, surgeon
bodily-kinesethetic (physical abilities) intelligence
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poet, actor, minister
intrapersonal (self-knowledge) intelligence
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psychologist, teacher, politician
interpersonal (social abilities) intelligence
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biologist, medicine man, organic farmer
naturalist ( an ability to understand the natural environment)